Stress Relief & Relaxation Techniques

Stress Relief & Relaxation Techniques
Author: Judith Lazarus
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2000
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780658003851

This guide helps readers dissolve stress, gain clarity and cultivate a more peaceful existence with relaxation and stress relief therapies. From meditation to massage, biofeedback and journal-writing, it offers proven easy-to-use techniques for calming the body, mind and spirit.

The Restless Compendium

The Restless Compendium
Author: Felicity Callard
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 3319452649

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This interdisciplinary book contains 22 essays and interventions on rest and restlessness, silence and noise, relaxation and work. It draws together approaches from artists, literary scholars, psychologists, activists, historians, geographers and sociologists who challenge assumptions about how rest operates across mind, bodies, and practices. Rest’s presence or absence affects everyone. Nevertheless, defining rest is problematic: both its meaning and what it feels like are affected by many socio-political, economic and cultural factors. The authors open up unexplored corners and experimental pathways into this complex topic, with contributions ranging from investigations of daydreaming and mindwandering, through histories of therapeutic relaxation and laziness, and creative-critical pieces on lullabies and the Sabbath, to experimental methods to measure aircraft noise and track somatic vigilance in urban space. The essays are grouped by scale of enquiry, into mind, body and practice, allowing readers to draw new connections across apparently distinct phenomena. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines in the social sciences, life sciences, arts and humanities.

The Relaxation Response

The Relaxation Response
Author: Herbert Benson, M.D.
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2009-09-22
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0061966002

In this time of quarantine and global uncertainty, it can be difficult to deal with the increased stress and anxiety. Using ancient self-care techniques rediscovered by Herbert Benson, M.D., a pioneer in mind/body medicine for health and wellness, you can relieve your stress, anxiety, and depression at home with just ten minutes a day. Herbert Benson, M.D., first wrote about a simple, effective mind/body approach to lowering blood pressure in The Relaxation Response. When Dr. Benson introduced this approach to relieving stress over forty years ago, his book became an instant national bestseller, which has sold over six million copies. Since that time, millions of people have learned the secret—without high-priced lectures or prescription medicines. The Relaxation Response has become the classic reference recommended by most health care professionals and authorities to treat the harmful effects of stress, anxiety, depression, and high blood pressure. Rediscovered by Dr. Benson and his colleagues in the laboratories of Harvard Medical School and its teaching hospitals, this revitalizing, therapeutic tack is now routinely recommended to treat patients suffering from stress and anxiety, including heart conditions, high blood pressure, chronic pain, insomnia, and many other physical and psychological ailments. It requires only minutes to learn, and just ten minutes of practice a day.

Relaxation For Dummies

Relaxation For Dummies
Author: Shamash Alidina
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2012-03-19
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 111999909X

New ways to embrace relaxation every day! Relaxation For Dummies provides a straightforward guide to understanding the importance of relaxation in our readers' day-to-day lives. Covering a variety of simple relaxation techniques, including meditation, breathing techniques, hypnotherapy, guided imagery and yoga, this book shows readers how to use physical and emotional relaxation to combat a range of issues including stress, anxiety, phobias and fears. The book is accompanied by an audio CD that provides accompanying relaxation exercises for readers to follow. Relaxation For Dummies: Shows readers how to understand the meaning of relaxation Provides relaxation strategies to help you take it easy Teaches the benefits of healthy breathing Allows the reader to harness the powers of Yoga and Tai Chi to increase well-being Note: CD files are available to download when buying the e-Book version

Massage Therapy Research

Massage Therapy Research
Author: Tiffany Field
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2006-05-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0702032506

Written by the Director of the world-renowned Touch Research Institutes, this book examines the practical applications of important massage therapy research findings. Each chapter of this comprehensive resource provides a clear and authoritative review of what is reliably known about the effects of touch for a variety of clinical conditions such as depression, pain management, movement problems, and functioning of the immune system. Coverage also includes the benefits of massage to specific populations such as pregnant women, neonates, infants, and adolescents. This book is suitable for massage therapists (including Shiatsu practitioners), aromatherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists, and nurses. - Provides a thorough yet concise review of recent research related to the importance of touch. - Offers practical guidance to healthcare professionals whose work involves physical contact with patients.•Becomes a new book as new studies will be incorporated. •Research techniques, not previously included.

Relaxation Techniques

Relaxation Techniques
Author: Rosemary Payne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2000
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Relaxation Techniques provides the health care professional with a practical introduction to 17 different relaxation techniques that may usefully contribute to patient care. Each technique is easy to teach and use, and has been shown to be effective in the clinical situation. The background theory to each method is also described and its rationale spelled out, thus helping the clinician to select the appropriate technique. All the methods included are suitable for use with both small groups and individuals. Focuses on the practical aspects of relaxation techniques in relation to patient care Includes both psychological and physical approaches to relaxation Provides ready-to-use schedules and scripts for use with clients Discusses the pitfalls as well as the benefits of each method Fully illustrated with both line drawings and photographs Evidence-based text is supported by over 400 references

Essentials of Managing Stress

Essentials of Managing Stress
Author: Brian Luke Seaward
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1284101509

The fourth edition of Essentials of Managing Stress teaches readers practical skills and techniques on how to best handle daily stressors and empowers them with the tools needed to live a balanced life. The Fourth Edition is a highly accessible and student-friendly text that is designed to promote personal growth along with content retention. Students are guided through a series of more than 80 exercises and questionnaires that encourage them to adopt effective stress management practices into their personal health behaviors. A new chapter on Ecotherapy rounds out the text and provides insight into the healing powers of nature.

Relaxation on the Run

Relaxation on the Run
Author: Jay Winner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015-06
Genre: Relaxation
ISBN: 9780974511917

Too much stress can ruin our days and shorten our lives. It ages us, harms relationships, and impairs job performance. Excessive stress can exacerbate almost any medical condition, including obesity, heart disease, chronic pain, depression, and headaches. And in our busy lives, reducing stress can seem like just one more time-consuming and overwhelming task. The good news is that some of the best stress reduction techniques can be done in seconds! Relaxation on the Run, entertainingly delivers a toolbox full of simple and effective stress reduction techniques. Learn to relax for a healthier and happier life!

Relaxation Revolution

Relaxation Revolution
Author: Herbert Benson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 143914866X

"In Relaxation Revolution, Dr. Herbert Benson and William Proctor present the latest scientific endings, revealing that we have the ability to self-heal diseases, prevent life-threatening conditions, and supplement established drug and surgical procedures with mind body techniques. In a special "treatment" section, Benson and Proctor describe how these mind body techniques can be applied - and are being applied - to treat a wide variety of conditions..."--Publisher.